Coffee-strainer.



No. 802,095. PATENTED 0c1'.17,19o5.

A. R. DARRAGH.

COFFEE STRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 13. 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

ALEXANDER R. DARRAGH, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HAWORTH & DEWHURST, LIMITED, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COFFEE-STRAINER.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed September 13, 1904. Serial No. 224,335.

To It'll whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER R. DAR- RAGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coffee- Strainers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide new and improved means for straining coffee, &c.; and to this end my invention consists of a new and improved coffee-strainer, in the construction, and in the combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an application of my invention, Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of a coffeepot, showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2, asectional detail view of bag-supporting means; Fig. 3, a plan of same; Fig. 4, a part elevational View and a part sectional view of a split ring; Fig. 5, a plan view of ring, and Fig. 6 an enlarged sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a coffee-pot of the usual style, and 2 a removable top or cover for the pot.

In the class of strainers to which my invention relates it is customary to employ a bag 3, made of any suitable textile material, in which the ground coffee, tea, &c., is placed, and through which water is passed in making the coffee, &c. The primary object of my invention is to provide means for supporting the bag within the receptacle, such means being adapted to be employed in connection with any style of pot and not dependent upon means forming a part of the pot or receptacle. As illustrated and as preferred, the means employed for supporting the bag comprise an annular plate 4, provided with a central opening 5, and an engaging hook or finger 6.

Plate 4 is further provided with an inwardlyextending annular shoulder or ledge 7, which latter is located below the upper surface of plate 4 for the purpose of forming a pocket 8 for a split ring 9. The upper open end of the bag is held between the ring and the annular plate, and may be readily attached to and detached from the supporting means. The bag is connected with the support by placing its open end through the opening in plate A, after which the elastic split ring 9 is forced into the annular pocket 8. The diameter of the pocket is somewhat less than the diameter of the ring when free, and in order to place the ring in the pocket the ring must be compressed slightly. After the ring is in position within the pocket it presses the open end of the bag tightly against the annular plate or the wall of the pocket.

In the form of pot shown the cover 2 eX tends down over the hook 6 and the bag-supporting means and bag are maintained in the desired position within the receptacle.

What I claim is The combination, with a receptacle, ofa bag, means for supporting the bag within the receptacle comprising an annular plate provided with a central opening, a pocket formed by an inwardly projecting ledge, and a hook formed integral with the annular plate and adapted to detachably engage the receptacle, and an elastic split ring located in the pocket and pressing against the open end of the bag, substantially as set forth. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER R. DARRAGH.

Witnesses:

MARGARET HUGHES, EDWIN L. ALLEN. 

